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mEXPECTS PROFITS.
ISLAND KM PI RE LOOKS FOR?
WARD TO OPENING OF PANA?
MA CANAL.
Will Increase f.tport Trade?To I so
All Water Route to East Coast of
Unerk arm ? Outlet for Surplus
^??, nil at !<>?!.
Tokio, Oct. 21.?Japan expects to
make long strides In her foreign com?
merce as a result of the opening of
the Panama Canal. The ports on the
eastern coast of both South and North
America are at once opened up to her
export trade, and everything possible
will be done to find narkets there for
Japanese goods.
The present trade routes from Japan
to Kumpel ii ports by way of the Suex
Canal will not be affected by the oper?
ation of the Panama route. Japanese
steamers will contlrue running by
way of Suea, for they are thereby en?
abled to pick up freight at many
ports on the way In China, India and
in the Mediterranean. Hence it haa
been decided here that it will be un?
profitable to divert steamships to Eu?
rope by way of Panama, as no freight
can be delivered or obtained in the
long atretch across the Pacific.
But new lines of steamers eventual?
ly will be sent to New York and to
the eastern coast of South America,
where Japan hopes to find big mar?
ket? for her china and lacquered ware,
her straw mattings and straw braids,
as well as her teas, and at the same
t ne increase her markets for raw
i .!*.
Another Important result of the
opening of the canal will be the di?
version of much of the freight which
now la tranaported to p-jlnta on the
Pacific. Slope of the Uni.ed States, and
thence shipped by rah to Eastern
States. A considerable economy in
freight charges will be effected by
either dispatching his merchandise
direct to New York from Japan by
steamers, or aendlng around from San
Francisco, after Japanese steamers
have called at the Pacific metropolis.
An exhaustive study of the effects
of the Panama Canal on Japanese
maritime commerce, both for the prea
ent and the future, has Juat been com?
pleted by the Ministry of Commerce
The department's experts figure that
a 10 per cent economy will be made
hy shipping direct to New York by
steamer, instead of sending It across
the continent by rail from the Pacific
Coast. It is unlikely, however, that
any change will be made in the man?
ner of shipping raw allk, of which the
exports to the United Statea amounted
to 957,000,000 last year, as on account
of interest charges merchants will de?
sire their payments aa quickly as pos?
sible. At the aame time the lower
coat of freight will enable Japan to
Import from the United States more
raw cotton, machinery arm 'ocomo
tlvee.
Another Important benefit to Japan
will be that of permitting her to send
direct to ItrazlI, and later possibly to
other countries, Japanese emigrants
who are expected to go to South
America In Increasingly large num?
bers. Five thouaand '.laborers were
aent to Brasil last year; 3,000 were
tranaported in the aprlng, and an ad?
ditional 3.000 or 4.000 departed In
September?all to labor in the cc ~ee
field* of Brasil. The steamers car?
rying theso emigrants now Paea by
way of the Sues canal. They will go
by Panama ae soon as the new water?
way la opened.
The Japanese government is now
considering the queation of increased
subsidies for Japanese steamship
lines, which would permit the building
of additional steamers for the Panama
route. The three great Japanese com?
panies are the Toyo Kisen Kaisha. the
Nippon Yueen Kaisha aid the Osaku
Rhoaen Kaisha. All of these concerns
are now building additional vessels,
most of which ar I destined for the
Increased commerce to Kuropean
points. If, as seems likely, the gov?
ernment will Increase the subsidies, it
is probable that steps will be taken
to lay down ships which will suil to
new markets In the Western Hempls
phere. J
To sum up the situation. Japan ex?
pects to benefit greatly, In a commer?
cial sense, from opening of the Pana?
ma Canal. As years go on, she expects
occupy an increasingly Important
place In the Western markets and
hence a greater gOgattOOl In the world's
commerce M.mui.n luring Is atead
ily developing In the industrial centres
of Japan, and the empl easily can
aupply additional WOrM in.uk.-is. In
creaaed exports ine.m ir creased gold
auf plies, and gold is th- metal Jf
pa 1 needs to tilll'l up aid slnii|;!ht'ii
herself at home, and to Cftre for the
growing wants of an in* reusing popu?
lation that is already ?;??.? M,t#0,
The population Is atigmentiuK re^o
larly at the rate of 000,000 u year.
.Many of then.- \.nie will find homes
In Korea; some will go t ? Manchuria,
and gOtM lej H'orrnosii. and still many
ihers will Und employment In I he
growing factories of the ?mplre. The
Panama canal looms up as a welcome
solution of Japan's economic problem.
It promisee Increased merketa, and It
TUTO CLUB EXHIBITS.
MANY COUNTY AGENTS ARRIVE
TO KAU DISPLAYS AT
STATE FAIR.
Mi? Edith Ii. Parrot t, State Agent,
Much Flensed with Showing Made
by Clubs. Miss Mary Lemmon Tells
of Trophy Cup.
Columbia, Oct. 211.?Miss Edith
Parrott, State organizer of the Girls'
canning and poultry clubs, is very
optimistic over the prospects of the
exhibits that the girls who belong to
the various clubs will show at the
coming Stut^ fair. The primary ob?
ject of the tomato club is to advance
domestic science and from its study
a few years back in growing tomatoes
ulone it now includes the canning,
rtudy and growth of vegetabels, fruits
and poultry with explicit instructions
in the making of wines, Jellies, acids,
preserves, pickles, peppers and mis?
cellaneous sweets.
The general management of the
club Is governed by advice from Win?
throp college and the United States
department of agriculture, and it is
through the aid of these that the club
has grown so phenomenally in the
last year or so.
Ten of the young women who have
been chosen by their county c?ubs to
be representatives are already in Co?
lumbia. They are Mrs. Dora Dee
Walker of Barnwell, Mrs. Lizzie F.
Harlee of Florence, and Misses Mary
Lemon of Sumter, Grace Dell James
of Bishopvllle, Mary Eva Hite of
Aiken, Bertha It. Lechner of Beau?
fort, Wll Lou Gray of Laurens, Eliza?
beth Dlckson of Darlington, Minnie
Esther Itoyall of Charleston. There
are six more representatives to come,
making a total of 16 counties to piac .
finished products on exhibit at the
State fair. Two years ago there were
only 10 counties which were vitally
interested in this work and at that
time the term of study was four
months, but now there are affiliated
clubs in If counties. The term of
study is a minimum of six months
while in some counties study con?
tinues throughout the year.
Of special interest is the work of
the Barnwell county club. Mrs. Dora
Dee Walker is the county agent. The
members will exhibit a number of ar?
ticles that they have canned and will
display samples of their jellies, pre?
serves and pickles. Mrs. Walker's
recipe for canning pimentos has been
accepted by the government and she
says that the Barnwell county club is
now Belling goods to the Winthrop
and Clemson colleges.
Miss Mary Lemmon of Sumter said
last night that a largo sterling silver
cup would be awarded to the girl in
that county that had the best exhibit,
and that there were already 4 0 girls
who had sent in spcimens of their
work in the hope of winning the prize.
The business men of Sumter contrib?
uted the necessary funds and it is
thought that the award of this prize
will be an annual affair.
At a meeting of the representatives
last night it wa^t decided which of the
girls from each county should be in?
vited to the banquet that is to bo held
at the Jefferson hotel Thursday night
of fair week. Two girls are to be in?
vited from each county, a total of 32
and invitations and letters of instruc?
tion were sent to them last night. It
Is thought that most of them will
accept.
RAW FOOD CANCER CAUSE.
Professor Metclmlkoff Also Assert**
There Is Nothing in The Heredity
Theory.
Paris, Oct. 21.?Professor Metehnl
koff announced this week S discovery
in connection with the search for a
cancer cure which, in his opinion, is
more important in its consequences
than Noguchi's discovery of the rabies
microbe. The savant who is respon?
sible for the latest progress of the
medical science is Professor Fiblger,
of Copenhagen.
Professor Fiblger, after a long series
of studies, has been able to reproduce
true cancer experimentally. Pro?
fessor Metchnikoff explained that tu?
mors which heretofore have been in?
oculated in rats and mice in experi?
mental work have been grafted on
the animals. Hut these grafted can
SSJff de not possess all the character?
istics of true cancers, Which OSS only
BS found In the experimental cancer
given directly to a rat by independent
means devised by the l'anish baCtsr?
iologlHt.
Two facts Stand out prominently
from the experiments of Professor
Fiblger: First, a convincing pi oof
th.it en nee? is ? microbe disease, and
SSOOnd. that it is transmitted cxtcr
nnlly, Professor Met< bnikotT points
out that the earner which FlblfSf
studied smonf rats Is one of the forms
of the disease most to be feared, as
it beert I Very marked resemblance to
human t sneer. In discussing these
will carry to South America great
numbers of Japanese, who are un?
able to Und the me,ms of livelihood el
honte.
experiments the noted French savant
said:
"It has been my unswerving belief
COY the lust 1& years that cancer pene?
trates Into the body l?y means of raw
food. The frequency of cancerous
growths on the face has become a
thing of the past since the use of
soap has become more g -neral in the
country districts. This hygiene of tin
face should he applied to our illges
tlvo tubes, as it is from them that all
the evil comes.
"Hereditary cancer is a myth. It
cancer finds several victims in the
same house anil in the same family it
is because their hygiene is equally
bad.
"The only and sure wr y to protect
oneself from cancer is to eat nothing
raw. The precautions are elementary
and do not cause great inconvenience.
Take, for instance, the case of fruits,
or to be more precise, bananas. Be?
cause bananas are protected by a
thick skin many persons Imagine that
this fruit is free from microbes. Now,
it is a well-known fact that in order
to ripen bananas must be affected by
air germs which reach I he pulp of j
the fruit after traversing the peel
Protecting it. And that is the reason
why, at my home, bananas are always
scalded. 1 plunge them for a miaute
into boiling water and the fruit loses
none of its exquisite flavor.
"All knives, forks and spoons used
in my household are passed through
the flame of a Dunsen burner, and I
toast my bread to destroy the microbes
which might have settled on the sur?
face of the loaf. 1 have barred all
raw vegetables from my meals. I nev?
er eat strawberries and I advise those
who like them to plunge the berries
for a minute or two into boiling wa?
ter."
SIMTER MAN IN WRECK.
Columbia, Oct. 23.?C. F. Schwerin,
of Sumter, was slightly injured in
yesterday's Seaboard wreck says The
Record this afternoon. Mr. Schwerin
said he considered the escape of the
mail clerk little short of miraculous.
JAMBA BROWN LOSES EYES.
Brother of J. X. Brown off This City
Huh Eyes Cut out In Fight. .
James Brown, a brother of J. N.
Brown of this city, was the sufferer
of a terrible misfortune Saturday
night in a free for all fight at Hlythe
wood. The particulars have not been
heard here, although communication
was had by Mr. W. B. Boyle with
tho hospital in Columbia, where Mr.
Brown is being treated. He learned
from the nurse and a letter written
to persons here that one eye was
gouged out and the other cut in two
by a knife or some sharp instrument.
The sight will be destroyed in both
eyes. Mr. .J. x. Brown, a brother
who lives here, is now in St. Louis, and
has not heard of the affair.
The News and Courier contains the
following particulars concerning the
affair:
Columbia, Oct. 20.?Logan TJran
non and William Trapp, two young
white men, are being held by Rich
land County officers In connection
with an unusual case.
James Brown is in a local hospital
with both of his eyes out. Physicians
said today that the eyeballs had been
cut out or gouged out by some one.
He is totally blind and is considered
to be in a critical condition.
According to the Richland officials
Brown lost his eyeballs in a general
tight In a gin house near Blythewood,
in the upper section of the county,
Saturday night. Brannon and Trapp
were arrested in connection with the
affair. A preliminary has not been
held.
"The two men, Brannon and Trapp,
have been placed in the Richland
County jail pending the outcome of
the injuries to Brown. 1 do not know
yet what charge they will be held on,"
said Sheriff McCain, of Richland
County, today.
Reports reaching Columbia today
were to the effect that there was a
general fight Saturday night in a gin
house, which was part'.cipated in by
Brown, Brannon and Trapp, and in
the general mixup some one pulled out
the eyeballs of Brown.
Richland officers are investigating
the ease.
SENSATION LOOKED FOR.
Columbia, Oct. 23.?The railway
wreck of yesterday may bring out
a sensation at the hearing before the
railroad commissioners, so it is re?
liably stated.
1.1.1. Sanders.
OF HAGOOD,
Has Postponed H i s
Und Sale Indefinitely.
JAMES DAVIS PARDONED.
(o)iin)i)i;i Fireman Receives Clem*
eney at Hunds of 'iovenor.
Columbia, <>< t. 2'.i.?GOV. Kleasc
tbis afternoon pardoned James Davis,
the Columbia fireman convicted yes?
terday before o local magistrate of
breach of trust and sentenced to a
j
tiue of $2f> or thirty days. Davis
claims he held receipt from the uros
ecutrlx for th? amount of money coi
lected for her l?y defendant. The
, official pardon papera say that the
receipt is on file. In the Governor's
i office.
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(I Don't stand still and
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ahead of you?Climb!
(f The way to climb is
to ha ve a bank account
and keep it growing.
Bank of Sumter
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